John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As someone else said before me, Perl should not be changed
> Just Because We Can. Aspects which have proven usefulness and
> are deeply engrained in the Perl mindset should not be tampered
> with just because some recent convert finds them un-Algol-like.
Very true. But we are all familiar with Perl.
While teaching Perl classes I often encounter people that have a hard
time getting used to the peculiarities _we_ are familiar with. If a
Perl construct does not suffer from a slight change that makes it
easier to accept by new programmers, I think such changes should be
seriously considered.
After all, the trainees of today are the Perl programmers of the
future.
-- Johan
